American Princess: The Remarkable Life of Marguerite Chapin Caetani 9780773599925
How a New Englander became a princess, made literary history, and helped create Italy’s most romantic garden.
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English Pages [424] Year 2016
Table of contents :
Cover
Contents
Acknowledgments
1 A Girl from New England
2 A Young Heiress in the Making
3 One Life, Two Worlds
4 Prince Roffredo and the Caetani
5 A Strained Courtship with a Happy Outcome
6 A Family in War and Peace
7 Villa Romaine and the Genesis of Commerce
8 A Unique Vocation: Fostering the Commerce of Ideas
9 The Move to Rome, and Ninfa
10 War and Tragedy
11 New Beginnings: Botteghe Oscure
12 The Fullness of Time
13 A Legacy for the Future
Notes
Select Bibliography
Image Credits
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